Honestly, we bet tourism in Seaside Heights has gone up like 500%. Everyone should just stop their whining already! And that includes the governing bodies of both NJ and NY!

Quinnipiac University took a poll of Jersey residents to ask their stance on The Jersey Shore. The majority, at 51%, agreed the show is shit while only an alarming 11% said they were down with Snooki's antics. Everyone one else was too busy watching reruns of the Sopranos to care.

Then, the Jerseyians were surveyed again and one-third of them sided with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his recent insinuation that the reason that the Shore kids pAArty hAArdy is because they are actually from New York.

On the flip side, only 19 percent of New Jersey residents agreed with New York Gov. David Patterson‘s comeback to Gov. Christie - he blames the glitz, glam and grossness of Seaside Heights for the New Yorker's behavior.

Are you seeing this? The governors of two major states are fighting over the Jersey Shore!!!

Say what you want about it, love it or hate it, but the show has influence!

Umm it's definitely the Shore, I have lived in every area in NY and I never see this behavior in NYC or upstate. Sure people drink, but it's never this horrific, and everyone knows Staten Island and LI might as well be part of NJ anyways, NY doesn't claim them! They are ostracized here! Why do you think they go to Jersey!

What's with the finger pointing? Guidos have existed on both sides of the Hudson for as long as I remember, I already don't give a shit. BTW don't these two governors have more important issues to worry about? Just Sayin'

ya i walk on the boardwalk and cops tell us to make way for them. NO way. dont get me wrong i love the show but its a public place. then dont own seaside. my friend even got hit in the stomach with camera equipment walking in a bar. they need to settle down.

jersey shore isn't going to bring more tourism to new jersey. new jersey has been know for boardwalks going along the coastal towns for DECADES! and people, from NJ, NY and other states KNOW what towns to go to, to do what-i.e. which are the 'drinking towns', 'family towns' 'rich towns' etc. The only thing JS might have done is remind some of their partying days down there. and MSCALTO, thank you, if that is YOUR attitude towards LI and SI, I would rather be part of NJ than YOUR part of NY. No need for snobs anywhere.

I live in NJ and as to what Patterson said about "the glitz and glam of seaside height"….what freaking glitz and glam…its not existent. People go to seaside to get drunk as they do anywhere else, its just that here they have a group of people that take it to the extreme sometimes and are being filmed. And now its so damn annoying to go there because people are little stalkers flooding the boardwalk and beach hoping to get a glance at a group of ppl who get payed to act like fools.. Yea that beach was always crowded but now its ridiculous. The only entertaining parts of the show is when there are fights, other then that its pure shit. And to MS CALTO…its not the shore because i lived in every part of NJ and never seen shit like that before…its the people and more then half of them arent even from NJ so get the facts straight. NJ isnt just the "jersey shore" and most ppl are to incompetent to understand that……NJ ALL DAY BABY lol

Re: mscalto – Whether they're ostracized or not, my dear, they are still from your state and most that party in Seaside are trash. As a Jersey native for life, I would know more than any of you posers what it's like down the shore. It is NOT trashy (well, Sleazside Heights is but it's waaaaay exaggerated on the show. only the nightlife gets crazy. The beach during the day is very calm and nice), it is in fact VERY family oriented. Any of these wonderful Jersey shore towns ring a bell to any of you who think you know NJ?: Long Branch, Long Beach Island, Wildwood, Cape May, Ocean City, Avon by the Sea, Sea Bright, Deal, Belmar, Asbury Park? Didn't think so.

Re: jerseygirl415 – New rule you can't end an internet post with didn't think with out first waiting for an actual response dipshit. I have heard of those towns and most of them are ghost towns by the Atlantic at best. Face it half the state are Gumba rejects and the other dumb bumkins who don't mind living beside asbestos. Fuck the only thing you have going for you is the Hockey team and they're going to suck once Elias retires Beotch!

I live in Toms River NJ and go to Seaside often and let me tell you there are triple the amount of people, men, women, children,guidos, and slutty pre teens this year than ever. mob scenes in front of the shore house camera crews cops security total jersey shore chaos over in Seaside this summer!

"Glitz and glam" of Seaside Heights? Are you kidding me? LOL - When did that happen? I've lived in NJ for almost 50 years, have been to the Jersey Shore and have yet to see any of that! That's hilarious. Thanks, but I'll stick to my lake house in beautiful Sussex County, NJ.

I don't understand why you guys comment on things like this and start complaining, don't waste your breath then, you guys act so concerned about it and hate it so much YET you know everything about it? Go do something else with your life if you don't like it, but don't sit around here trash talking it making it no fun to the people who do enjoy it,

Perez you are hilarious!!! I want to start by saying, I am a local and live within 15 mins of Seaside. I also want to say YES the Jersey is amusing and entertaining to watch, however, the impression this gives the county is that these people are from New Jersey and that this is how we all act. These people are what we call BENNYS. They are down for the weekend from New York. Lots of people come to my home "the Jersey Shore" to party it up and have a good time, but most are nothing like these idiots. Most guys I know would love to beat the crap out of these idiots with the spray tan and blow outs. The Jersey Shore is great place and if you don't want the NY and North Jerzy guidos stay out of the clubs in SLEEZSIDE!!

fuck you perez, FUCK YOU. you don't live in new jersey, so you wouldn't know or care about the how it makes us look. half of these people aren't even from jersey, but they make us look like fools. our government has the right to express their opinions on fools making us look bad..so here is a thing, maybe u should stop whining about christina aguilera and how you cant land a role on american idol. fuck u and bye. HOE

seaside heights is the worst destination along the jersey shore. trashy, dirty, and everything else. there are so much better places along the jersey shore with better boardwalks, wildwood and ocean city for example.

But now, the younger sister of Louis, Félicité Deakin (pictured above, left, with Louis), has figured out her own way to pay tribute to her mother in a very special manner, and we are SO touched by it.

On Friday, the 16-year-old Deakin shared the following image (below), a gorgeous portrait of the family with her late mother, Johannah Deakin, surrounded by all of her children: